Immortal Game

Kieseritzky published the game shortly thereafer in La Régence, a French chess journal which he helped to edit.

Ernst Falkbeer published an analysis of the game in 1855, describing it for the first time with its sobriquet "immortal".

As a miniature game, it is frequently reproduced in chess literature to teach simple themes of gameplay.

Although both players made moves that are regarded as unsound by modern players, the game is appreciated as an example of the Romantic school of chess, a style of play that prized bold attacks and sacrifices over deep strategy.

In 1996, Bill Hartston called the game an achievement "perhaps unparalleled in chess literature".

His strength was shown most favourably when giving substantial odds to weak players; against masters, he was less convincing.

The Immortal Game was an informal one, played during a break in a formal tournament in London; the exact venue is uncertain.

The French chess magazine La Régence published the game in July 1851.

[3] This game is acclaimed as an exemplar of the 19th-century Romantic style of chess, where rapid development and attack were considered the most effective way to win, many gambits and countergambits were offered (and not accepting them would be considered slightly ungentlemanly), and material was often held in contempt.

These games, with their rapid attacks and counterattacks, are often entertaining to review, even if some of the moves are no longer considered optimal.

La Régence used an "obscure"[5] and prototypical form of algebraic notation to record chess games.